Putting Glass Walls on Delaware Slaughterhouses So We Can
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Mountaire Farms of Delmarva, Delaware

Citation: At approximately 2003 hours, while
performing a zero tolerance procedure on evisceration line I
observed fecal material on the outside of five different
carcasses.Two of the carcasses were part of the ten randomly
selected carcasses and three were observed on the line. The fecal
material was found as follows: the first carcass the fecal was on
the middle left side, the second carcass fecal was found on the leg
on the right front side, the third carcass fecal was found on the
top right side of the back, the fourth carcass fecal was found on
the left wing and the fifth carcass fecal was found on the right
wing. The fecal material was all light brown in color and pasty in
substance. The size of the fecal material ranged from a quarter inch
in length to one half inch in length. I immediately notified Mr.
Night Shift First Processing Superintendent and also Ms. Plant
Manager who were both present and observed the affected carcasses.
Corrective actions were immediately implemented as per the
establishment's HACCP plan. I observed Mr. take the carcasses to the
reprocessing station to be reconditioned and placed back into flow.
A review of the establishments zero tolerance log for CCP # 2B, Line
revealed that the last acceptable check was performed at 1946 hours,
was found to be acceptable and recorded with a quantifiable value of
0/10 and the initals BB for the QA technician. As a result of the
deviation, all requirements at all CCP's for that specific lot was
performed and found to be acceptable including the pre-shipment
review.A extra person was stationed at the end of the line, for the
duration of the shift, to look for fecal due to the amount of fecal
that was found. Mr. Director of Processing Operations, statedon
02/09/2012 that the root cause was theInside/Outside bird washer had
a nozzle that was notturned on. The establishment failed to meet the
regulatory requirements of 9 CFR 417.2(c)(4) and 381.65(e). This
document serves as written notice that continued failure to comply
with the regulatory requirements may result in additional regulatory
or administrative actions as per 9 CFR 500.

417.2(c)(4)
List the procedures, and the frequency with which those procedures
will be performed, that will be used to monitor each of the critical
control points to ensure compliance with the critical limits;